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IL News 014\/2016\n\n<\/pre>\nIn 2015-2016 an international essay <\/a>contest on “Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia and the West” was jointly organized by the Institute for Global Engagement and the Leimena Institute, and supported by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The contest was open to any citizen of a Southeast Asian country, and the deadline for receiving submissions was July 1, 2016. Twenty-nine entries were received, and each was carefully evaluated by a panel of five judges: Jakob Tobing (Leimena Institute), Eugene Tan (Singapore Management University), Paul Marshall (Leimena Institute and Hudson Institute), Robert Joustra (Redeemer University College), and Dennis Hoover (Institute for Global Engagement). First-place essays will be published in a future issue of IGE’s The Review of Faith & International Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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The judges have now completed their work and we are pleased to announce the winners:<\/p>\n
Professional:<\/p>\n
First Place ($2,500): \u201cThe Role of Religious Education in Promoting Religious Freedom,\u201d by Jeniffer Pelupessy-Wowor (Duta Wacana Christian University)<\/p>\n
Runner-up ($1,500): \u201cFreedom of Religion in the Midst of Indonesia\u2019s Plural Society,\u201d by Hamid Chalid (Universitas Indonesia)<\/p>\n
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Student:<\/p>\n
First Place ($1,000): \u201cMany Identities, Many Communities: Religious Freedom amidst Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia,\u201d Veronica Louise B. Jereza (University of the Philippines College of Law)<\/p>\n
Runner-up ($500): \u201cCuius Regio, Euis Religio: Church-State Dynamics and Implications on Religiosity, Representation, and Religious Freedom in Spain and the Philippines,\u201d by Ma. Ana Isabel Udal Perucho (Yale-NUS College)<\/p>\n
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The panel of judges was particularly encouraged by the level of student interest in the contest, and gave four additional student essays an \u201cHonorable Mention\u201d designation:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Relative Impermeability of the Wall of Separation,\u201d by Raphael Lorenzo A. Pangalangan (University of the Philippines College of Law)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Liberal Democracies Threaten Religious Freedom,\u201d by Brian Doce (Jilin University)<\/p>\n
\u201cAll Religions are Equal, but Some are More Equal Than Others: A Study of Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia and the USA,\u201d by Kara Quek (Singapore Management University)<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Impact of Religious Freedom in American and Philippine Society,\u201d by Mar Louie Vincent C. Reyes (University of San Carlos)<\/p>\n
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QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES:<\/p>\n
Please forward all questions and inquiries to belicias@leimena.org.<\/p>\n
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IL News 014\/2016 In 2015-2016 an international essay contest on “Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia and the West” was jointly organized by the Institute for Global Engagement and the Leimena Institute, and supported by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The contest was open to any citizen of a Southeast Asian country, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
IL News 014\/2016<\/span><\/div>by Institut Leimena<\/span><\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>In 2015-2016 an international essay <\/a>contest on \"Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia and the West\" was jointly organized by the Institute for Global Engagement and the Leimena Institute, and supported by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The contest was open to any citizen of a Southeast Asian country, and the deadline for receiving submissions was July 1, 2016. Twenty-nine entries were received, and each was carefully evaluated by a panel of five judges: Jakob Tobing (Leimena Institute), Eugene Tan (Singapore Management University), Paul Marshall (Leimena Institute and Hudson Institute), Robert Joustra (Redeemer University College), and Dennis Hoover (Institute for Global Engagement). First-place essays will be published in a future issue of IGE's The Review of Faith & International Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>
\u00a0<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>The judges have now completed their work and we are pleased to announce the winners:<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>Professional:<\/div>First Place ($2,500): \u201cThe Role of Religious Education in Promoting Religious Freedom,\u201d by Jeniffer Pelupessy-Wowor (Duta Wacana Christian University)<\/div>Runner-up ($1,500): \u201cFreedom of Religion in the Midst of Indonesia\u2019s Plural Society,\u201d by Hamid Chalid (Universitas Indonesia)<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>Student:<\/div>First Place ($1,000): \u201cMany Identities, Many Communities: Religious Freedom amidst Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia,\u201d Veronica Louise B. Jereza (University of the Philippines College of Law)<\/div>Runner-up ($500): \u201cCuius Regio, Euis Religio: Church-State Dynamics and Implications on Religiosity, Representation, and Religious Freedom in Spain and the Philippines,\u201d by Ma. Ana Isabel Udal Perucho (Yale-NUS College)<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>The panel of judges was particularly encouraged by the level of student interest in the contest, and gave four additional student essays an \u201cHonorable Mention\u201d designation:<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u201cThe Relative Impermeability of the Wall of Separation,\u201d by Raphael Lorenzo A. Pangalangan (University of the Philippines College of Law)<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u201cWhen Liberal Democracies Threaten Religious Freedom,\u201d by Brian Doce (Jilin University)<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u201cAll Religions are Equal, but Some are More Equal Than Others: A Study of Religious Freedom in Southeast Asia and the USA,\u201d by Kara Quek (Singapore Management University)<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u201cThe Impact of Religious Freedom in American and Philippine Society,\u201d by Mar Louie Vincent C. Reyes (University of San Carlos)<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>\u00a0<\/div>QUESTIONS AND INQUIRIES:<\/div>Please forward all questions and inquiries to belicias@leimena.org.<\/div>\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-il-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}